§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the current number of staff employed by the Great Britain Sports Council; and what additional numbers of staff over this number he has assumed in proposing a separate Sports Council for England and the United Kingdom Sports Commission.
§ Mr. AtkinsA total of 542 staff are currently employed by the GB Sports Council. I see no case for additional staff to be employed as a result of its re-structuring.
§ Mr. PendryTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table setting out the present functions of the Great Britain Sports Council, together with an indication of(a) which of these functions will be carried out solely by the proposed United Kingdom Sports Commission, (b) which of these functions will be carried out solely by the proposed Sports Council for England, (c) which of these functions will be jointly carried out by the proposed United Kingdom Sports Commission and the proposed Sports Council for England and (d) which functions of the proposed United Kingdom Sports Commission and the proposed Sports Council for England are not currently undertaken by the Great Britain Sports Council.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe functions of the Great Britain Sports Council are set out in general terms in its Royal Charter. Annexes A and B of "Sport and Active Recreation" published in December set out the functions of the United Kingdom Sports Commission and the Sports Council for England respectively. These are based on the functions of the Great Britain Sports Council.